Swotting

Word SWOTTING
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Swotting"

What do we mean by swotting?

To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").

Synonyms and Antonyms for Swotting

  • Antonyms for swotting
  • Swotting antonyms not found!

The word "swotting" in example sentences

Cue news-surfing and current affairs swotting, which is a useful excuse to have a break from the book. ❋ Rachel (2006)

When not swotting to please him or attract his attention, we displayed behaviour that verged on the demented, yet seemed routine in an average day's stalking. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This diverting question has prompted a wealth of academic examination, but no exhaustive research is needed to know that adolescent boys are less given to swotting than their sisters, and are perhaps less good at essays. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I've tried swotting up, but all those treaties and French words… I'm beginning to see what my party was on about. ❋ Unknown (2011)

January 21st, 2009 12: 12pm george the laird of glasgow has disappeared, probably swotting with carl "how to get respect" FAILED. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hannah - and Stoppard - are obsessed with the way the garden at Sidley Park was redesigned while Thomasina was swotting and Septimus was shagging, because it represents the intellectual shift that was sweeping Europe at the time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sister Phillips as you call her doesn't go for all this swotting and nuance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've been swotting up for my History of science exam next week, which means I haven't been doing anything blog-worthy. ❋ Penny (2008)

Jessica swotting over on The Bookbar reminds me that October always dawns as a reminder of my 6 years of self-inflicted pleasure that was a distance learning degree. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If their example were an example of exclusive disjunction, we could safely infer from it that the play is not being performed in the library, that the theatre is not in the library, that John is not swotting in the stalls between acts while his companion fights her way to the bar to fetch the drinks. ❋ Jennings, Ray (2008)

Meanwhile I'm swotting Noel Malcolm's excellent book Bosnia: A short history. ❋ Jessica (2007)

Jimmy: You're quite right, of course, on all counts, but since she's a Spanish translator swotting up her Chinese material from who knows where, I didn't take her to task. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In a way, those who were not enrolled had an advantage over those who were - they were not encumbered with essays and swotting. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Some of the girls were swotting up hard, feeling rather girllty because they hadn't paid as much attention to their work as they ought to have done. ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1970)

I had been looking forward to swotting up my parts for you-but I hope I'm generous enough to give them up to others without a fuss! ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1970)

Cross Reference for Swotting

  • Swotting cross reference not found!

What does swotting mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews